Newspapers

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Angus McSween for the article on the recent decision by the Supreme Court.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-18

Theodore Roosevelt assures Roscoe C. Mitchell that he does not distrust him. He is glad that Mitchell was able to have the New York Herald recall its correspondent at Oyster Bay, as he does not want to see newspaper men there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-10

Theodore Roosevelt asks William Rockhill Nelson to have his manager send him twenty copies of the January 5 edition of the Kansas City Star. Roosevelt wants to use the editorial titled “If the people want him” to write to those that do not understand his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-10

Theodore Roosevelt confirms that he does not want newspaper men in Oyster Bay. He will inform Loren Palmer or Lucius F. Curtis of the Associated Press if he has anything to communicate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-09

Draft of a letter of introduction from Theodore Roosevelt to William J. Calhoun on behalf of Charles P. Stewart, who will be traveling to China on behalf of United Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Comments and Context

Drafted by Gilson Gardner for Theodore Roosevelt to type up and send with Roosevelt’s signature.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Advertisement depicting The Dispatch and its contribution to the growth of the city of Lexington, North Carolina where the newspaper is based.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09

Theodore Roosevelt wrote in an article published in The Outlook that Abraham Lincoln rejected peace advocates. The author disagrees and believes that Lincoln did all in his power to avert war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-19

Thomas Goode Jones writes a response to former Alabama governor B. B. Comer’s statements on Alabama’s administration from 1890-1894 and gives his own recollection of events. The article is published in “The Montgomery Advertiser”.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-17

George H. Maines expresses in his letter a proposal to raise funds for the battleship Maine by encouraging schoolchildren across the U.S. to each donate one penny. Maine outlines a plan involving governors, banks, and school superintendents to collect donations and urges support from educators and newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

An advertisement for Albert H. Walker’s history of the Sherman antitrust law, including many quotes from newspapers praising the book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-24

Knoxville’s City Beautiful League has been seeing success in its efforts to grow public engagement in improving the appearance of the city. Their plan to produce an issue of the newspaper The Sentinel focused on this topic has already been especially effective in driving interest. The article lists the names of many of the women who have already volunteered to serve as staff of the newspaper for this endeavor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-06

Creator(s)

Unknown

The author of this article critiques a statement made in Harper’s Weekly criticizing Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles Hallam Keep for changing the status of pickled sheepskins and collecting duties on them. While Keep’s signature was on the order, he is not responsible for it, and criticism should instead fall on Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Armstrong.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

I. K. Russell writes to Theodore Roosevelt to ask if he would be willing to write a letter commenting on the charges that, while president, he was part of a “corrupt alliance” with the Mormon church in Utah. Russell hopes to publicize Roosevelt’s response to show once and for all that there was no such alliance, as well as to help improve the public perception of the Mormon church, which has been slandered by a number of sources.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-14

In a statement published in the London Times, the Amateur Athletic Association in Great Britain responds to “unfair and untrue statements” about the conduct of the Olympics in the American press. The American Amateur Athletic Union accused the A.A.A. of unfairness and poor conduct in several matters, objecting in particular to the disqualification of John C. Carpenter in the 400 meter final. The A.A.A. denies any claims of unfairness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-17

President Roosevelt sweats as he holds a book—”Roosevelt on race suicide”—and a newspaper with the headline, “President Smith, of the Mormon Church, has forty children and says he is proud of it.” Caption: Query—”Shall I send President Smith a letter of thanks and commendation?”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-10

President Roosevelt reads a newspaper with the headline: “Testimony in Smoot Case.” The newspaper text reads, “President Smith admits being the father of 42 children! 38 children in the Merrill family! “I have over 100 nephews and nieces,” said Young Merrill.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-10

“The trusts” sits at a desk and holds a newspaper with the heading of “Root’s Chicago Speech” as a telephone says, “York for Roosev.” Newsboys bring various newspapers: “Instructs for Roosevelt,” “Penn instructs,” “Indiana instructs for Roosevelt,” “Ohio instructs for Roosevelt,” and “Michigan.” Above the desk is a sign that reads, “Anything (even money) to beat Roosevelt.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-25

President Roosevelt and Uncle Sam, holding a big stick and a “Law of 1825” rifle respectively, run toward the “legal jungle” stepping on Indianapolis News and World newspapers about the Panama Canal.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The title of Nelson Harding’s cartoon was a pun because the pursuit of President Theodore Roosevelt and Uncle Sam (representing, in this case, the Attorney General’s office) was after literal newspapers.

President Roosevelt puts up his left hand and holds his big stick in his right hand. “The World” and “The Sun” cross paths and turn the sky dark. There are several papers: “Is C. P. Taft a grafter?” “Is Douglas Robinson a grafter?” and “Who got the money?”

comments and context

Comments and Context

Readers of the day generally were sophisticated enough to understand when cartoonists relied on Biblical allusions, scenes from operas or mythology, or from Shakespeare or other literary sources. In this cartoon, John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune harkened to the account in the tenth chapter of Joshua.

The “editor of the New York World” and the “editor of Indianapolis News” jump in their seats as President Roosevelt tells them, “Criminal court: the next stop.” There are two newspapers on the ground, one of which reads, “New York World: Allegation of Panama Fraud.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

As usual in Jay N. “Ding” Darling’s political cartoons, he scored several points simultaneously in one drawing. The inspiration for the cartoon was the money-and-influence allegations surrounding the negotiations, purchase, and contracts for construction of the Panama Canal. Two newspapers aired the charges — particularly inciting President Roosevelt’s ire because the stories implicated his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson — The Indianapolis News and Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.